Lubricating device for bearings.



H. HESS.

.IBRICATING DEVICE FOR BEARINGS.

Patented May 25, 1915.

APPLICATION flLED FEB. 27, 1909. 1,14033'5.

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LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR BEARINGS.

Specification of` Letters Patent'.

Application led February 27, 1909: Serial No. 480,455.

Beit known that I, HENRY Huss, a citizen at Vawa, in the countyot Delaware and btate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricating Devices for Bearings, of which' the following is a specification, reference-being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates `to lubricating devices for bearings, and more particularly to the provision of arts which will permit the location of the` bearing at any angle and in any desired position and at' the same time will prevent the escape of the oil or other lubricant therefrom. Such bearings ordinarily comprise two relatively rotatable-.elements, one of which'extends throughv and is partially' located within the other, andin the absence of suitable preventingA means, the oil or-lubricant tends to escape at the points where one of the elements passes through the other.

vVarious forme of lubricatin devices have been devised, whereby the lu ricant is retained in proper relation to the bearing parts and its escape prevented, but ordinai-ilyk such devices necessitate the location of the bearing in a certain predetermined poslintion, and undue tilting 0r inclination ment. y

It is my intention to obvlate the .diliiculty mentionedv by providing one or other ofthe relatively rotatable elements with cylindrisV -cal projections or sleeves located at both sides thereof, to-wit, atjthe points Where one element passes through the other, which sleeves enter correspondingly shaped recesses inthe other element.

More specifically, the form which l have illustrated in the drawing comprises a. casing4 with a relatively rotatable shaft extending therethrough, and the cylindrical projections or sleeves are mounted at both sides of. the casing and in parallelism to the shaft and enter correspondingly shaped recesses in a hub or boss mounted upon the the shaft. By'this means and dueto the relatively close t of the-sleeves in ti/e recesses, and the tortuou's path thus pro uced, the oil or other lubricant is satisfactorily retained and prevented from escaping, no matter in what angular position the parts may be mounted.

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The drawing shows my invention in preferred forms, butobviously many changes and variations may be..made therein without y thereof. -y

In Fig. 1,'the shaft A'is mounted in the usual manner in the casing, which in this instance consists of two members B and G connected together in. any desired manner,

similar view, illustrating a modi ed'form as'by screw-threads, so as to hold and retain the lubricating fluid, except at the points where the shaftzA passes therethrough. The

shaij'tA is provided with a boss or hub D, l

between which and the casing is located a ball bearing E. ltwill be understood. however, that l am not limited to this particular form of' construction, as the invention would be equally applicable if the bearing were a i plain one and the anti-friction elements dispensed with.l In order to prevent the escape of the lubricant, I provide the casin with two cylindrical proJections or sleeves and G, which are 'connected'respective'ly to the casing; sections .C and B, and which project 'f inwardly into corresponding cylindrically shaped recesses D, D2, formed in the hub-l). The iitbetween the sleeves and the recesses is sufficiently close to prevent the passage of .the oil or lubricant, although not so tight as to interfere with the normal rotation of the parts, this result being due in part to the tortuous path that would necessarily'have to be followed by the lubricant, and also to the more or less viscid consistency of the latorm shown lpreiento introduce sulilcient oil into the casing to partially surround, or at anyfate to contact Withfthe /rolling `lelnents of the ball bearing E, but

' viously described.

In Fig. 2, I have shown a. modified form ,of construction, wherein the shaft A1, casing members B1 and C1, boss D1, and anti-v friction bearing 'E1 arelsubstantially the- "same as the similar parts already described The main distinction vis that the cylindrical 'extensions or sleeves F1 and G1 are not symmetrically located as in Fig. 1,r the sleeve F1 and and its corresponding recess D3 being of greater diameter thanjthe sleeve G1 and its corresponding recess D4, and both sleeves being relatively longer than the ones previously described, whereby it will be Anoted that they pass or overlap each other as' distinguished from the arrangement shown in Fig. 1. The advantage derived from 'this modification is the fact v,that more metal maybe employed inthe boss D1, and

correspondingly greater strength and rigiditysecured therefrom. It Will be seen thatl in' Fig. 1 the strength of the boss depends upon the limited amount of material left between the ends of the cylindrical recesses D2, D1; Whereas, in Fig. 2, and due to the arrangement set forth, a 'considerably greater amount of strength and durabilityis secured. Evidently many similar variations will ysuggest; themselves to those skilled inthe art, and I do'not limit' myself to the exact embodiments of the invention shown,'which I have illustrated 'only inl preferred orms, as many equivalents are equally ycdmprised within its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its construction vand mode of operation, What. I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows: 4

1. In a" device of the type described, the combination of a surrounding casing, a rotatable'member within the same, the `outer side of said member andthe inner side of said-'casing being spaced radially and axially from. each other to form an annularA lng members-mounted in said continuous oil space midway or substantially' so between its ends, cylindrical oil retaining pro jections on the casing extending inwardly from opposite ends on the same and fitting closely within circular recesses in the opposite ends of the rotatable member, the inner' ends of said' projections terminating respectively at such points relatively to the said rolling. members and the normal oil level, that the latter will be retained at such height in either side of the oilchamber as to contactwith said rolling members and lubricate them.

2. In -a lubricating device, the combinal ltion of two relatively rotatable elements,

one of said elementsv extending through a closed lubricating space in thev other, and one of theelements .being provided With cylindrical proj ections on, both ends vthereof which enter correspondingly shaped recesses in the other element to prevent the escape of thelubricant from the lubricating space, the inner adjacent ends of said cylindrical projections overlapping each other.

signature in presence of two Witnesses.

l HENRY Huss.

Witnesses: I i' THEO. H. MCALLA, NETTIE L. HAHN.

ve5 j vIn testimony whereof I have aiiixed my n y 

